List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
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This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont. There are 17 National Historic Landmarks in Vermont.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts that are National Historic Landmarks in Vermont. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts that are National Historic Landmarks in Vermont. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
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Calvin Coolidge Homestead District Coolidge Homestead The Coolidge Homestead, also known as Calvin Coolidge Homestead District or President Calvin Coolidge State Historical Site, was the childhood home of the thirtieth President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge and the place where he took the presidential oath of office... |
Plymouth Notch Plymouth Notch Plymouth Notch is a small unincorporated village in the town of Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont, United States.All or most of the village is included in the Calvin Coolidge Homestead District, a National Historic Landmark... 43°32′8.2"N 72°43′17.9"W |
Windsor | Birthplace and family home of President Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state... . |
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Robert Frost Farm | Ripton Ripton, Vermont Ripton is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 556 at the 2000 census. The Bread Loaf Writer's Conference is held annually in Ripton. Jessica Ravitz of CNN said that the town "is the kind of place where cell service fails more often than it works and the country... |
Addison Addison County, Vermont Addison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. In 2010, the population was 36,821. Its shire town is Middlebury.-Geography:... |
Homestead of author Robert Frost Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and... . Now owned by Middlebury College Middlebury College Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,... . (South Shaftsbury South Shaftsbury, Vermont South Shaftsbury is a census-designated place in the town of Shaftsbury in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 772 at the 2000 census.-Geography:... site withdrawn from NHL in 1986) |
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George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home George Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home, also known as Marsh-Billings House, is a home in Woodstock, Vermont that was the boyhood home of George Perkins Marsh, an early conservationist.... |
image pending | Woodstock 43.627524°N 72.518347°W |
Windsor | Boyhood home of George Perkins Marsh George Perkins Marsh George Perkins Marsh , an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist, although "conservationist" would be more accurate... , an American diplomat and philologist, an early environmentalist. |
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Justin S. Morrill Homestead Justin Smith Morrill Homestead Justin Smith Morrill Homestead is the historic Carpenter Gothic home of United States Senator Justin Smith Morrill in Strafford, Vermont, and was one of the first declared National Historic Landmarks, in 1960. It is located on the east side of Morrill Highway, south of the village green of Strafford... |
Strafford Strafford, Vermont Strafford is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,045 at the 2000 census. The town of Strafford was created on August 12, 1761 by way of a royal charter which King George III of England issued to Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire... 43.8609839389°N 72.3759439086°W |
Orange | Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... home of Justin Smith Morrill Justin Smith Morrill Justin Smith Morrill was a Representative and a Senator from Vermont, most widely remembered today for the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act that established federal funding for establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities... , Vermont Representative and Senator known for the 1862 and 1890 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges, including the Morrill Act of 1862 and the Morrill Act of 1890 -Passage of original bill:... s. |
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Mount Independence Mount Independence Mount Independence is a high hill on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain, in the northeastern United States.It is a Vermont State Historic Site and was the site of Fort Independence, an American revolutionary war fortification built opposite Fort Ticonderoga... |
image pending | Orwell Orwell, Vermont Orwell is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,185 at the 2000 census. Mount Independence was the largest fortification constructed by the American colonial forces... |
Addison Addison County, Vermont Addison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. In 2010, the population was 36,821. Its shire town is Middlebury.-Geography:... |
Site of Fort Independence, an American revolutionary war fortification built opposite Fort Ticonderoga Fort Ticonderoga Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century fort built by the Canadians and the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York in the United States... . |
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Naulakha (Rudyard Kipling House) Naulakha (Rudyard Kipling House) Naulakha, also known as Rudyard Kipling House, is a Shingle Style home in Dummerston, Vermont where author Rudyard Kipling wrote Captains Courageous. Kipling also wrote The Jungle Books, A Day's Work, and The Seven Seas, and did work on Kim and The Just So Stories here... |
Dummerston Dummerston, Vermont Dummerston is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,915 at the 2000 census. Dummerston is home to the longest covered bridge still in use inside the state borders of Vermont.-History:... |
Windham Windham County, Vermont Windham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 44,513. Its shire town is Newfane.-Geography:According to the U.S... |
Home where Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature... wrote The Jungle Book The Jungle Book The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six... |
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Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop American Precision Museum;Cotton Mill BuildingRobbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop is a site in Windsor, Vermont.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.It is located on Main Street, at the corner of Maple Street, in Windsor.... |
image pending | Windsor Windsor, Vermont Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,756 at the 2000 census.-History:One of the New Hampshire grants, Windsor was chartered as a town on July 6, 1761 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. It was first settled in August 1764 by Captain Steele Smith and... 43.4727498091°N 72.3897227212°W |
Windsor | Erected in 1846, an excellent example of 19th century American industrial architecture. | ||
Rockingham Meeting House Rockingham Meeting House The Rockingham Meeting House, also known as Old North Meeting House and First Church in Rockingham, is a historic building in Rockingham, Vermont, United States. The Meeting House was built between 1787 and 1801 and was originally used for both Congregational church meetings as well as civic and... |
Rockingham Rockingham, Vermont Rockingham is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States, along the Connecticut River. The population was 5,309 at the 2000 census. Rockingham includes the incorporated villages of Bellows Falls and Saxtons River, as well as a large rural area west of Interstate 91.Rockingham has no formal... |
Windham Windham County, Vermont Windham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 44,513. Its shire town is Newfane.-Geography:According to the U.S... |
A rare 18th century New England meetinghouse of the "second period" type. | |||
Socialist Labor Party Hall Socialist Labor Party Hall The Socialist Labor Party Hall at 46 Granite Street, Barre, Vermont was constructed in 1900. It was the leading place were debates took place among anarchists, socialists, and union leaders over the future direction of the labor movement in United States in the early 20th century.Located in the... |
image pending | Barre |
Washington Washington County, Vermont Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 59,534; Vermont's third-most populous county after Chittenden County and Rutland County. Its shire town is Montpelier, the state capital. The center of population of Vermont is located in Washington... |
A place where socialist, anarchist, and labor anarchist politics were debated | ||
Rokeby Rokeby (Ferrisburg, Vermont) Rokeby is an 18th-century house in Ferrisburg, Vermont that was a station on the Underground Railroad before the American Civil War. The house was the home for almost 200 years of the Robinson family, who were Quaker millers, farmers, abolitionists, authors, naturalists, and artists.In the 1830s... |
Ferrisburg 44.2204708419°N 73.2380408212°W |
Addison Addison County, Vermont Addison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. In 2010, the population was 36,821. Its shire town is Middlebury.-Geography:... |
This Robinson family farmstead is significant for its role in the Underground Railroad. | |||
Round Church Round Church Round Church, also known as Old Round Church, built in 1812-1813 in Richmond, Vermont, USA, is a rare, well-preserved example of a sixteen-sided meeting house. It was built to serve as the meeting place for the town as well as five Protestant congregations... |
Richmond Richmond, Vermont Richmond is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The 2000 census revealed a population of 4,090.Local students attend Mount Mansfield Union High School, Camel's Hump Middle School, And Richmond Elementary School. Mount Mansfield Union High is in the neighboring town of Jericho... |
Chittenden Chittenden County, Vermont Chittenden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 156,545. Its shire town is Burlington. Chittenden is the most populous county in the state, with more than twice as many residents as Vermont's second-most populous county, Rutland.Chittenden County... |
The Round Church, built in 1812-1813, is a rare, well-preserved example of a sixteen-sided meetinghouse. | |||
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury Athenaeum The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, is significant because of its construction, the American landscape paintings and books from its original role as a public library and free art gallery, and funding by Horace Fairbanks, manufacturer of the world's first platform scale. The art... |
St. Johnsbury St. Johnsbury, Vermont St. Johnsbury is the shire town of Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 7,571 at the 2000 census. St. Johnsbury is located approximately northwest of the Connecticut River and south of the Canadian border.St... 44.410700°N 72.018934°W |
Caledonia Caledonia County, Vermont Caledonia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 31,227. Its shire town is St. Johnsbury.The county was given the Latin name for Scotland, in honor of the many settlers who claimed ancestry there.... |
Significant due to its construction, its American paintings and books from its original role as a public library and free art gallery, and its funding by Horace Fairbanks Horace Fairbanks Horace Fairbanks was the 36th Governor of Vermont from 1876 to 1878.He was born in Barnet, Vermont, the third of nine children of Erastus Fairbanks and his wife Lois Crossman. He was educated in the county schools and Phillips Andover Academy. He became confidential clerk of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co... , manufacturer of the world’s first platform scale Weighing scale A weighing scale is a measuring instrument for determining the weight or mass of an object. A spring scale measures weight by the distance a spring deflects under its load... . |
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Shelburne Farms Shelburne Farms Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit environmental education center and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. It is also one of the principal concert sites for the Vermont Mozart Festival.... |
Shelburne Shelburne, Vermont Shelburne is a town in southwestern Chittenden County, Vermont, United States, along the shores of Lake Champlain. The population was 7,144 at the 2010 census.-History:... |
Chittenden Chittenden County, Vermont Chittenden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 156,545. Its shire town is Burlington. Chittenden is the most populous county in the state, with more than twice as many residents as Vermont's second-most populous county, Rutland.Chittenden County... |
Created in 1886 by Dr. William Seward Webb and Eliza Vanderbilt Webb as a model agricultural estate. | |||
Stellafane Observatory Stellafane Observatory Stellafane Observatory is an astronomical observatory built and maintained by the Springfield Telescope Makers Inc., an amateur astronomical club of about 100 members. The club was founded by Russell W. Porter had its first meeting on December 7, 1923... |
image pending | North Springfield North Springfield, Vermont North Springfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It lies at an altitude of 495 feet . A post office has been operated in North Springfield since 1832.... 43.2760634979°N 72.5193501645°W |
Windsor | Contains original clubhouse of the Springfield Telescope Makers, Inc. (1924), and the first large optical telescope (1930) built and owned by that kind of amateur society. | ||
Ticonderoga (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat) Ticonderoga (steamboat) The steamboat Ticonderoga is America’s last remaining side-paddle-wheel passenger steamer with a vertical beam engine of the type that provided freight and passenger service on America’s lakes and rivers from the early 19th to the mid-20th centuries... |
Shelburne Shelburne, Vermont Shelburne is a town in southwestern Chittenden County, Vermont, United States, along the shores of Lake Champlain. The population was 7,144 at the 2010 census.-History:... 44.3749504774°N 73.2315309227°W |
Chittenden Chittenden County, Vermont Chittenden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 156,545. Its shire town is Burlington. Chittenden is the most populous county in the state, with more than twice as many residents as Vermont's second-most populous county, Rutland.Chittenden County... |
220 feet (67.1 m) steamboat built in Shelburne, Vermont in 1906. | |||
Vermont State House Vermont State House The Vermont State House, located in Montpelier, is the state capitol of Vermont and the seat of the Vermont General Assembly. The current Greek Revival structure is the third building on the same site to be used as the State House... |
Montpelier Montpelier, Vermont Montpelier is a city in the U.S. state of Vermont that serves as the state capital and the shire town of Washington County. As the capital of Vermont, Montpelier is the site of the Vermont State House, seat of the legislative branch of Vermont government. The population was 7,855 at the 2010... 44.2604292076°N 72.5807795479°W |
Washington Washington County, Vermont Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 59,534; Vermont's third-most populous county after Chittenden County and Rutland County. Its shire town is Montpelier, the state capital. The center of population of Vermont is located in Washington... |
The capitol and seat of the legislative branch of government for Vermont. | |||
Emma Willard House Emma Willard House The Emma Willard House was a home of Emma Willard, an influential pioneer in the development of women's education in the United States. It was known as the Middlebury Female Seminary when Emma Willard established a school for girls at her home in 1814... |
Middlebury 44.0055601926°N 73.1746879846°W |
Addison Addison County, Vermont Addison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. In 2010, the population was 36,821. Its shire town is Middlebury.-Geography:... |
Home of Emma Willard Emma Willard Emma Hart Willard was an American women’s rights activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York... , an influential pioneer in the development of women's education in the United States. |
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